Prometheus

EMQ X Broker provides emqx_statsd (opens new window) plug-in, which is used to output the monitoring data of the system to the third-party monitoring system.

Take Prometheus (opens new window) as an example:

emqx_statsd supports pushing data to Pushgateway, which is then pulled by Promethues Server for storage.

Tip

emqx_statsd does not support the pull operation of Prometheus.

Configuration

The emqx_statsd plugin internally starts a timer to collect the monitoring data in EMQ X Broker every interval.

For the specific fields and meanings of the monitoring data pushed by emqx_statsd, see Metrics & Stats

The configuration file is located in etc/plugins/emqx_statsd.conf, where:

Grafana Data template

The emqx_statsd plugin provides Grafana ’s Dashboard template files. These templates contain the display of all EMQ X Broker monitoring data. Users can directly import them into Grafana and select icons that display the monitoring status of EMQ X Broker.

The template file is located:emqx_statsd/grafana_template (opens new window)。